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Woman dancing

Photograph
1887 (made)
Artist/Maker
Muybridge, Eadweard (photographer)
Place of origin
Pennsylvania (photographed)

Photograph

Object details

Categories
Photographs
Photographic Studies
Object type
Photograph
Titles
  • Woman dancing (generic title)
  • Animal Locomotion (series title)
Materials and techniques
collotype
Collotype
Photography
Brief description
19thC; Muybridge E, Woman dancing
Physical description
Photograph
Dimensions
  • Image length: 37cm
  • Image height: 27.5cm
  • Sheet length: 40.7cm
  • Sheet height: 32.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE 188 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved
Object history
Provenance: Bought by subscription
Bibliographic references
  • Richard Kendall and Jill Devonyar, Degas and the Ballet. Picturing Movement London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2011. ISBN:978-1-905711-69-7.
  • p. 246 Paloma Alarcó. The Impressionists and photography. [Madrid, Spain] : Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, [2019]‎. ISBN: 9788417173340
Other number
Plate 188
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
PH.702-1889

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1056935/woman-dancing-photograph-muybridge-eadweard/
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